Taranaki Surf

Detailed Taranaki surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Taranaki. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Taranaki. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Taranaki over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Taranaki and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Taranaki Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Taranaki Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Taranaki coastline are also listed below.

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	Thu		Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	1	2	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	1.2 SSE	2.2 SE	0.7 SW	1.1 S	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	7	14	14	13	13	12	7	8	7	8	8	7	6	11	11	5	7	13	4	12	22	21
Energy(?)	554	593	534	644	699	561	698	895	525	603	601	271	314	86	83	196	880	243	73	246	344	428
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:47PM 2.80	9:10AM 2.82		9:29PM 2.76	10:09AM 2.68		10:10PM 2.89	10:27AM 3.10		10:51PM 2.81	11:14AM 3.01		11:28PM 2.90	11:49AM 3.10		12:04AM 2.95	12:16PM 3.06		12:42AM 2.98	12:59PM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)		3:03AM 0.96		3:23PM 0.89	3:41AM 0.75		4:02PM 0.77		4:19AM 0.63	4:49PM 0.51		4:59AM 0.37	5:25PM 0.39		5:36AM 0.28	6:01PM 0.30		6:04AM 0.22	6:35PM 0.54		6:49AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	4	5	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	14	19	4
High °C	21	18	21	20	18	21	21	17	19	20	17	20	20	19	21	19	18	18	17	21	22	20
Low °C	20	17	19	20	16	19	20	13	15	19	13	17	19	15	18	19	16	16	17	19	21	18
Chill °C (?)	21	18	21	20	18	21	21	16	19	20	16	20	20	18	21	19	18	17	17	21	22	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.4 NW	1.1 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	1.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	7	7	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	7	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 N	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	15	14	6	6	6	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	4	15	14	6	16	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.3 SSE	-	0.9 S	1.3 S	1.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.4 ENE	-	1.2 SSE	2.2 SE	1.0 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	7	6	-	6	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	7	6	3	-	5	7	6	4	6	-	4

	Thursday 15			Friday 16								Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SSE	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	12	12	8	8	8
Energy(?)	554	570	697	704	819	834	534	563	512	647	711	699	674	655	561	598	698	423	294	869	668	575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:42PM 2.63				9:10AM 2.82				9:30PM 2.57				9:57AM 2.75					10:14PM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)					2:58AM 0.86				3:23PM 0.89				3:40AM 0.63									4:21AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	4	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	18	18	18	17	19	21	19	19	18	17	16	16	19	21	22	22	17	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	22	20	18	18	18	17	19	21	19	19	18	17	16	16	19	21	22	22	16	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSE	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	6	7	6	14	6	6	6	6	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	-	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.6 SW	0.7 S	2.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	7	-	5	6	6	7	-	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	4	3	8	8	8

	Thursday 15										Friday 16
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	456	460	554	554	524	596	587	635	697	719	718	688	668	657	649	652	645	724	520	517	605	657
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:42PM 2.63													9:14AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)		2:44PM 1.11												2:54AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	21	21	20	21	20	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	20	21	21	20	21	20	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	10	10	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	12	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-